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so i think there was a long period of time where we did have a calm global financial environment over a long time. i suspect we won't forget that lesson for quite a while. >> the passage of the federal reserve act was a essential political achievement. given the political tone in washington today, if the federal reserve act had been a victim how do you think it would differ from the existing legislation and could it be passed. >> well, it would be more than one federal reserve bank. that is my answer. [laughter] >> okay. on that know, my question is a legacy question. at some point, and i'm not going to ask you when you think this might be, but your time as chair will conclude there is an interchange on i-95 which is named the ben bernanke interchange. [laughter] i will challenge anyone even in the matter. [laughter] and would you like to see people focusing on the contribution? >> well, that is going to be yet to be determined. in the last eight or nine years, the federal reserve has made significant strides in that area. as i mentioned the press conference of a numerical objective w
so i think there was a long period of time where we did have a calm global financial environment over a long time. i suspect we won't forget that lesson for quite a while. >> the passage of the federal reserve act was a essential political achievement. given the political tone in washington today, if the federal reserve act had been a victim how do you think it would differ from the existing legislation and could it be passed. >> well, it would be more than one federal reserve bank....
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if they do, they are threatening in a politically constrained environment. that is why to me, the genius this place that they are two sides of the same point although both are a fundamental human yearning. >> there has been much reported recently regarding the government handling of personal data belonging to americans and others. president obama said he is trying to balance national security against privacy. how well do you think the administration is doing? haved individuals confidence their best interests are being well guarded? >> let me take it out of the context of president obama and his administration and generalize my answer because it is what i believe. remember the old saying, absolute power corrupts absolutely? to me, the question raised by the nsa and irs is, how is it we should hold these vast, complex, opaque institutions accountable. how is it that effective oversight is possible? how can we possibly know that if a few people with vast power, whether it is the federal reserve chairman or the head of the nsa, how can we know they are always co
if they do, they are threatening in a politically constrained environment. that is why to me, the genius this place that they are two sides of the same point although both are a fundamental human yearning. >> there has been much reported recently regarding the government handling of personal data belonging to americans and others. president obama said he is trying to balance national security against privacy. how well do you think the administration is doing? haved individuals confidence...
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we had to create a new environment. we did not have to do legislatively. it is also the culture. inthat so deep and ingrained agencies that it will take time to happen or it can happen rapidly because the new understanding of these be homegrownuld lycorises sample -- like this example? >> i think it could happen rapidly. this is not just in federal agencies. it is endemic to policing. i have had units in my own department that would not talk to each other. this is a constant cultural thing my colleagues are working against in local police agencies. progress.de great if you train is up, you can make a difference. >> i know we did a lot of training on the front and with end withits -- front new recruits to make sure they understood the culture. times there is a connection between police work in social work when they work in schools. 20 years ago, that was not the case. now is a different approach. that took a change in how we train them on the front and -- end so when they hit the streets they're ready. >> that is something i have become good at over two police department. it is a
we had to create a new environment. we did not have to do legislatively. it is also the culture. inthat so deep and ingrained agencies that it will take time to happen or it can happen rapidly because the new understanding of these be homegrownuld lycorises sample -- like this example? >> i think it could happen rapidly. this is not just in federal agencies. it is endemic to policing. i have had units in my own department that would not talk to each other. this is a constant cultural...
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don't wish to see a dupoly environment held by the state. there's no way to make a gun safe. host: what about the regulations? you talked about a serial number on every gun. you write about it in the story. tell our viewers. question aboute what happens if a gun comes out bad. , if it is beyond repair within the factory. the answer is that this is a heavily regulated area. the receiver which is the part of the gun that makes it a gun, it does the firing, it told the round and contains the trigger housing. every single one of those made has to have a serial number. even if it comes out broken. if it comes out broken, that have to take a picture of cutting it in half and then send that to the federal government if the federal government asks for it. they have to document it. it is not as if there are people popping in at night and stealing chocolate. this is already regulated industry. norfolk, va., independent college. about: you were talking having guns designed to kill people and animals. do they talk about the number of people who have been killed by remington arms? is ther
don't wish to see a dupoly environment held by the state. there's no way to make a gun safe. host: what about the regulations? you talked about a serial number on every gun. you write about it in the story. tell our viewers. question aboute what happens if a gun comes out bad. , if it is beyond repair within the factory. the answer is that this is a heavily regulated area. the receiver which is the part of the gun that makes it a gun, it does the firing, it told the round and contains the...
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goods, services, labor, the environment. there are things that we learn from that that we are trying to do better. host: can a trade agreement be changed? guest: a trade agreement can be changed if the countries that agree to it all agree to that. host: how does that happen? guest: countries use language in the agreement. south korea says that we may be able to accommodate your problem -- south korea says that we may be able to comment your problem, if you accommodate ours. host: you are on the air. caller: all these companies took the jobs to china to avoid taxes and labor laws. clean up the environment. when it took them over there, they were getting one dollar a day. versus, what they were making here in the united states. when united states companies went overseas -- as their headquarters sit the united states -- the only people who seem to benefit from this are the government. these companies are getting off scott free from the destruction of the building that collapsed with the walmart workers. you have another one tha
goods, services, labor, the environment. there are things that we learn from that that we are trying to do better. host: can a trade agreement be changed? guest: a trade agreement can be changed if the countries that agree to it all agree to that. host: how does that happen? guest: countries use language in the agreement. south korea says that we may be able to accommodate your problem -- south korea says that we may be able to comment your problem, if you accommodate ours. host: you are on the...
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we are victims of our environments growing up. we are victims of our context that we live in and, therefore, we all, you know, are not "responsible for that behavior and therefore should be mitigating." when you look at the testimony that comes in, whether it's from a mother or from neighbors or from teachers that are talking about really mitigating circumstances, they are the rotten social background kind of arguments, the abuse and the suffering that that individual experienced and those things show up in the brain. the brain is also a sponge. the brain isn't simply created by genetics and it's very much shaped by environment. and so my mentor john monaghan likened the problem of predicting violent people to predicting violent storms. when you think of meteorology, you think of the difficulty of classifying a hurricane and tracking a hurricane, making judgments about such complex behavior that has sort of chaotic premises underlying it, you're going to make lots of mistakes. you're going to make lots of mistakes in both directio
we are victims of our environments growing up. we are victims of our context that we live in and, therefore, we all, you know, are not "responsible for that behavior and therefore should be mitigating." when you look at the testimony that comes in, whether it's from a mother or from neighbors or from teachers that are talking about really mitigating circumstances, they are the rotten social background kind of arguments, the abuse and the suffering that that individual experienced and...
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. >> we must of this massive destruction to the environment. another trading commodity gets the mainative as rivers start disappearing. >> so much so that land is disappearing fast. he has eight children and has been making charcoal for more than 80 years. he digs up peat and sets it on fire. opportunitiesew here. charcoal is the only way that i can freak -- feed my family. >> that are trying to cut off funding to al-shabbab fighters. this is a resource that is yet to be interrupted. >> there is a dollar tax for every bag of charcoal, and they get $440 -- >>. >> we found evidence that charcoal is still shipped out. the local government here has called for a temporary lifting of the band, to illegally export their current charcoal. they say is too late to save the trees that have already been cut down. al jazeera, somalia. >> hello, a warm welcome to "the journal" on dw. these are the headlines this hour. the united states increases pressure on russia as edward snowden says he wants temporary asylum there. officials blame the devastating train c
. >> we must of this massive destruction to the environment. another trading commodity gets the mainative as rivers start disappearing. >> so much so that land is disappearing fast. he has eight children and has been making charcoal for more than 80 years. he digs up peat and sets it on fire. opportunitiesew here. charcoal is the only way that i can freak -- feed my family. >> that are trying to cut off funding to al-shabbab fighters. this is a resource that is yet to be...
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what about the decline in bond prices, what that does to those investors looking for income in this environment? they're losing some principle in the meantime. >> they are. but if they're in shorter securities they're gaining it in better yields. i think there's a longer term issue there in terms of income and so, yeah. i think it bodes well for investors to stay short, and that way they can realize rising yields if in fact the market does continue to have increasing yields and lower prices. >> the other story the markets have focused on this week, the unrest in egypt. and it seemed that the market would go lower when we -- it was unclear what was going to happen. once morsi was taken into custody by the military, the markets took off at some point. what do you make of what the -- the market response to what's going on overseas? >> i think the thing that makes investors most nervous is just the uncertainty created by this kind of unrest. as soon as you get a little bit of clarity, i think investors calm down, at least for a while. >> mike, when all is said and done, what do you do with the stoc
what about the decline in bond prices, what that does to those investors looking for income in this environment? they're losing some principle in the meantime. >> they are. but if they're in shorter securities they're gaining it in better yields. i think there's a longer term issue there in terms of income and so, yeah. i think it bodes well for investors to stay short, and that way they can realize rising yields if in fact the market does continue to have increasing yields and lower...
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hopefully in that environment they learn what works and what does not. after years and years and decades of doing this, they always come out on the side of compassion and taking care of everyone. they always do. even though i put them in these situations, they still find a way through that to take care of everybody on the planet. and solve all 50 of those interlocking problems. i don't thinking that it isn't going to work this time, maybe they are launching a nuclear weapon this time. i can't stop it. but they never have. they have come close a few times. they have gone the distance as far as humans will go. but they turn around on their own and they will all sort of understand that they are not playing against each other and they're playing against the game. when they realize there is an electricity change. and they enter what some talk about and they call it where they have the ability to master everything and it speeds up or slows down and they feel like they are masters of their own universe and they can solve every problem and they do. they saw that
hopefully in that environment they learn what works and what does not. after years and years and decades of doing this, they always come out on the side of compassion and taking care of everyone. they always do. even though i put them in these situations, they still find a way through that to take care of everybody on the planet. and solve all 50 of those interlocking problems. i don't thinking that it isn't going to work this time, maybe they are launching a nuclear weapon this time. i can't...
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we can find a way that is good for the environment and good for business. it is good for our planet and bottom-line. when it is missing we tried some product. yet to search to find those intersections. it is an intersection that benefits our customers and shareholders. when you can find that it really works. >> you are one of the mayors challenge which was an incentivized competition. this is one way of having share prosperity. -- came up with what >> if you look at the bashan -- basic functions of these have to provide, is there a way to provide this in a completely new way. you have to do something with the trash. we have decided that we will that endthe trash out up in the dump. we depend on individuals to make that choice. technology is there. it has not been applied to this skill. want to see if we can prove it. benefit to thee process? this is what started as thinking in this direction. we have been kicking it for a long time. we had a lots of ideas. we said we achieve all these other ones. let's put one out where we do not know whether we can do it.
we can find a way that is good for the environment and good for business. it is good for our planet and bottom-line. when it is missing we tried some product. yet to search to find those intersections. it is an intersection that benefits our customers and shareholders. when you can find that it really works. >> you are one of the mayors challenge which was an incentivized competition. this is one way of having share prosperity. -- came up with what >> if you look at the bashan --...
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the contrary" provided by: the cornell douglas foundation committed to encouraging stewardship of the environment, land conservation, watershed protection and eliminating harmful chemicals. additional funding provided by: the colcom foundation. the wallace genetic foundation the e. rhodes and leona b. carpenter foundation. and by the charles a. frueauff foundation. >> this week on "to the contrary" first, catholic organizations claim denial of first amendment rights, then women inmates sterilized. behind the headlines: home grown human trafficking. hello, i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to "to the contrary," a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, healthcare reform split. the obamacare free birth control mandate got an unlikely ally this week. the catholic health association or cha now says it's okay with the administration's latest compromise. obamacare mandates all insurance should cover contraceptives free of charge. but members of the catholic hierarchy objected and catholic owners of faith-based nonprofits filed lawsuits saying that mandate violates their free ex
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. >> reporter: the colorado department of public health and environment is in charge of making sure the panels in the thousands of gallons of contaminated liquids in warehouses and manufacturing plants are disposed of properly. >> so those facilities are big. there's a lot of machinery left behind. that machinery needs to be decontaminated so that there is no cadmium left on that material. and that would be expensive. >> reporter: they say no state or federal cleanup dollars will be used. the tab, reported to be at $2.2 million job, belongs to abound. and if what's left of the company's resources don't cover it, property owners will be stuck with costs, as reusable inventory goes to other solar manufacturers. >> i think what you'll see is many of the materials that were left behind will end up in a recycling stream. >> reporter: the solar energy industry's association says despite the dangerous mess, solar is still the cleanest and most abundant form of energy today. >> it's unfortunate that they are bankrupt and out of business. but the technology that they relied upon, american innova
. >> reporter: the colorado department of public health and environment is in charge of making sure the panels in the thousands of gallons of contaminated liquids in warehouses and manufacturing plants are disposed of properly. >> so those facilities are big. there's a lot of machinery left behind. that machinery needs to be decontaminated so that there is no cadmium left on that material. and that would be expensive. >> reporter: they say no state or federal cleanup dollars...
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my son is an environment at science major my daughter majored imajored in spanish. they're bright, intelligent, they've worked extremely hard to get where they are. i implore you not to leave them with ridiculous amounts of debt by allowing the interest rate to double. " the stories are pretty consistent, mr. president. that these students are struggling, they already are thinking about buying a house, starting a business, saving for retirement, even though they're in their 20's. they know the challenges are greater in this generation than previous generations. also what's really obvious in these letters is how the impact this has on families, not just the student that's -- whose 25 or 22 or 19 or 28 facing this lifelong -- or these years of paying off student loans, but what it means to the fathe -- te family, the family that maybe takes a second mortgage on the house to help their son or dawrkts the family had a faces foreclosure because of the financial problems, the family that simply can't help their student, as brokenhearted as that make a parent, they can't h
my son is an environment at science major my daughter majored imajored in spanish. they're bright, intelligent, they've worked extremely hard to get where they are. i implore you not to leave them with ridiculous amounts of debt by allowing the interest rate to double. " the stories are pretty consistent, mr. president. that these students are struggling, they already are thinking about buying a house, starting a business, saving for retirement, even though they're in their 20's. they know...
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they can go to war, the espionage, a trade deals and hopefully in that environment they learn what works a and what doesn't and after decades of doing this is they always always always come out on the side of compassion to take care of everyone. even though it put them in situations to do the wrong thing they still find a way through that to take care of everybody on the planet and solve all of those interlocking problems every time i play the game affright -- afraid it will work this time they can launch a nuclear weapon if they want to i cannot stop them they have come close a few times it is a dark day because they have gone as far as humans will go to explore the dark side but a turnaround on their own to understand they're not playing against each other the plate against the gate when they realized you can feel the change then suddenly they play against the game and the author of the book flow the internet state where they seem to master everything in time speeds ever slows down to a ship -- glacial speed they feel like they are masters of their own universe and at that point hour w
they can go to war, the espionage, a trade deals and hopefully in that environment they learn what works a and what doesn't and after decades of doing this is they always always always come out on the side of compassion to take care of everyone. even though it put them in situations to do the wrong thing they still find a way through that to take care of everybody on the planet and solve all of those interlocking problems every time i play the game affright -- afraid it will work this time they...
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the less secure in the environment, the smaller the project. the more secure, the more substantial you can pursue. >> to follow up on that, in iraq, you have the assessments being done both about security and about engagement. , thoseabsence of usoco assessments were being done by our ambassador and those assessments were being done by the generals on the ground. where are they on this proposal? did the generals or the ambassadors feel that they would have benefited by having this? >> he supports the idea of having it. >> when the u.s. is operating overseas, the ambassador in iraq and with the u.s. operates elsewhere, it is ambassador who heads the effort in the country. the commanding general heads the defense operations. i understand what was said. where would it fit in this command? >> the mission is discrete and will to find. clarity will provide certainty to both agencies and the contractors. it would be somewhat like fema. its mission is to oversee the relief or reconstruction activity in the affected country. the president would declare
the less secure in the environment, the smaller the project. the more secure, the more substantial you can pursue. >> to follow up on that, in iraq, you have the assessments being done both about security and about engagement. , thoseabsence of usoco assessments were being done by our ambassador and those assessments were being done by the generals on the ground. where are they on this proposal? did the generals or the ambassadors feel that they would have benefited by having this?...
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>>it's a very dynamic environment dealing with an active aircraft fire and trying to rescue somewhere in the realm of 300 victims. >> reporter: autopsy results are still pending. melanie woodrow for cbs news, san francisco. >>> more than 50 supporters of former egyptian president mohamed morsi were killed. egypt's interim president has announced plans for new parliamentary and presidential elections for early next year. >>> "the new york times" is reporting that the white house is considering a proposal to pull troops out of afghanistan even earlier than initially planned. the united states previously said it would withdraw from afghanistan by the end of 2024 leaving a small contingent behind. now the united states is considering a plan to speed up the withdrawal and leaving no troops behind. >> the death toll will surely rise from the weekend crash of a runaway train which derailed. 13 bodies have been recovered but about 50 350e78 ever -- 50 people are still missing. [ stand by for captions ] >> thc is a chemical found in marijuana. the prosecution argued that the amount was too sma
>>it's a very dynamic environment dealing with an active aircraft fire and trying to rescue somewhere in the realm of 300 victims. >> reporter: autopsy results are still pending. melanie woodrow for cbs news, san francisco. >>> more than 50 supporters of former egyptian president mohamed morsi were killed. egypt's interim president has announced plans for new parliamentary and presidential elections for early next year. >>> "the new york times" is...
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. >> the no. 1 threat to the environment is from marijuana growers, the habitat destruction, with the pesticides, poisons that aren't even legal to possess in the united states. >> reporter: the sheriff's department says it has a street value of about $40 million. but officers say the environmental damage could take years to repair. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> happening now, we want to show you another live look at this caravan near san francisco international airport. this is the caravan from asiana flight 214 victims and families of the crash victims. we're told they are now at the scene of the crash. you can't see the wreckage, but that bus there was holding the passengers and families of the crash victims from saturday's crash. we're told they're going to have a memorial at the crash scene. ten police motorcycles were escorting this caravan to the airport. when we get more information, we will bring it to you. >>> samsung broke ground on its new headquarters in san jose. company executives and city and state leaders were on hand. the 10-story building will be made up of
. >> the no. 1 threat to the environment is from marijuana growers, the habitat destruction, with the pesticides, poisons that aren't even legal to possess in the united states. >> reporter: the sheriff's department says it has a street value of about $40 million. but officers say the environmental damage could take years to repair. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> happening now, we want to show you another live look at this caravan near san francisco international...
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it is incredibly destructive both for the environment, the atmosphere, the communities living near the mountain top removal where they blow up entire mountains in west virginia and through appalachia. but we're seeing this trade-off of one form of pollution for another. one form of dirty energy for another. a lot of that has to do with the influence of the natural gas industry has on this administration. what we're asking the president to do is to please sit down and meet with the families in the film "gasland 2" that are emblematic of several families in the united states that are suffering at the hands of drilling in united states history domestically and to meet with the scientists and engineers featured in the film who explain the dark side of fracking. water contamination that is an inevitability that's happening all across the shale gas areas because the wells crack and leak and the industry knows they crack and leak and because of the issue brought up of methane being this super greenhouse gas that is being emitted all over the production. in the production fields, in the gas fi
it is incredibly destructive both for the environment, the atmosphere, the communities living near the mountain top removal where they blow up entire mountains in west virginia and through appalachia. but we're seeing this trade-off of one form of pollution for another. one form of dirty energy for another. a lot of that has to do with the influence of the natural gas industry has on this administration. what we're asking the president to do is to please sit down and meet with the families in...
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it's controversial but britain's environment secretary says that the public should embrace genetically modified food is a hard sell the campaign is say it's dangerous to human health whereas the scientific community supports the technology and if it is a safe as they and the government are sure it is and the argument for g.m. food is quite compelling it would allow farmers to grow crops in tough conditions and thus help to feed hungry mouths around the world the u.s. and brazil already must have produces of the stuff and the british government says the u.k. shouldn't be getting left behind to talk more about this i'm joined by dr robert he's the founder for the alliance for natural health which campaigns against g.m. foods. there are a billion hungry mouths in the world and we're being told that this technology is safe shouldn't we embrace it in that case well if you look at all the real developments in raising eels it hasn't actually occurred through g.m. it's occurred through conventional breeding practices and we know that the european authorities have probably one of the most compr
it's controversial but britain's environment secretary says that the public should embrace genetically modified food is a hard sell the campaign is say it's dangerous to human health whereas the scientific community supports the technology and if it is a safe as they and the government are sure it is and the argument for g.m. food is quite compelling it would allow farmers to grow crops in tough conditions and thus help to feed hungry mouths around the world the u.s. and brazil already must...
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did pass the border security results act unanimously which is almost unheard of in today's political environment. so with that, the chair now recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. small well -- mr. swalwell. >> welcome, and welcome to our witnesses. i was a congressional intern when september 11 happened, and i really appreciated your leadership during the terrifying time to be in washington even a more terrifying time to be on the ground in new york city. you really led the city with your leadership. i remember reading your book when i was in college. >> thank you very much. >> i think you would agree that even the congress came together. a moment of bipartisan -- bipartisanship. our country really did come together. and you have really acknowledged president bush's role in and you seem to have praised president bush and the role he played. would you agree though that president obama, since he took office, that he is increased the number of drone strikes that the bush administration was conducting once he took office and actually went -- [inaudible] than president bush did speak with i
did pass the border security results act unanimously which is almost unheard of in today's political environment. so with that, the chair now recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. small well -- mr. swalwell. >> welcome, and welcome to our witnesses. i was a congressional intern when september 11 happened, and i really appreciated your leadership during the terrifying time to be in washington even a more terrifying time to be on the ground in new york city. you really led the city...
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. >> the number one threat to the environment in california is marijuana growers. the habitat destruction. >> reporter: repairing the environmental damage could take years. robert honda, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> california is poised to make a major shift in how it executes prisoners. state officials let a deadline pass without filing an appeal of a ruling that prohibits the use of the three drug cocktail used in executions. right now, there are more than 700 inmates on death row in san quentin. the last execution there was in 2006. but after that, a judge ruled that the use of the three drugs amounted to cruel and unusual punishment, because one of the drugs could potentially cause excruciating pain. >>> this is day three of a hunger strike in california prisons. right now, california inmates can be held in isolation indefinitely. the protesters are seeking a five year limit to solitaire confinement. prison officials told ktvu tonight, the number of inmates taking part in that hunger strike has now dropped to roughly 29,000 prisoners. >>> this was a solemn day in
. >> the number one threat to the environment in california is marijuana growers. the habitat destruction. >> reporter: repairing the environmental damage could take years. robert honda, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> california is poised to make a major shift in how it executes prisoners. state officials let a deadline pass without filing an appeal of a ruling that prohibits the use of the three drug cocktail used in executions. right now, there are more than 700 inmates on...
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lending practices, or to ask the person who is charged with protecting our air and our water and our environment to sit on the sidelines even the she has the qualifications and experience to begin serving today. this is out of hand. our patience has run thin. we're going to fight to ensure the american people have a government. >> what would happen if republicans agreed to approve these nominees? >> hallelujah. >> what is the next up? wax i'm going to go to the floor and tuesday and do what i need to do so this is not happen anymore. [inaudible] the issue is this. if you go back and look at the statements made by my republican colleagues, he was in favor. we were able to get over that. we worked our way through that. there were people who are reasonable who for. we do not have that same reasonable ideology among republicans. you would think they could come up with people to invoke cloture on this. they do not exist anymore. this is -- as we have learned, the republican leader was hosting out there about getting things done that we used to automatically. for two successive congresses, i have told
lending practices, or to ask the person who is charged with protecting our air and our water and our environment to sit on the sidelines even the she has the qualifications and experience to begin serving today. this is out of hand. our patience has run thin. we're going to fight to ensure the american people have a government. >> what would happen if republicans agreed to approve these nominees? >> hallelujah. >> what is the next up? wax i'm going to go to the floor and...
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international investors have pulled out and sold their assets the safest decision in a repartee deteriorating environment for the foreseeable future it looks like egypt will have a government that again is unable to as to policy and as a result unable to provide investors with the confidence that they were going to begin to sing it but here in tokyo square protesters are not sorry the western giants on leaving just most how much i want that i wore a helmet this car leasing businessmen tells us he's fed up. before morsi was ousted . we're begging for the i.m.f. loan of about four point seven billion dollars a year now we don't want it we're all as business men collectively decided to support the egyptian economy and one day we collected over fifteen billion dollars in donations were a large economy we can rely on ourselves but the facts tell a different story for each day these demonstrations continue the egyptian economy is forced to cough up another one billion dollars the ripple effect is more insecurity in an already unstable region if there's anyone benefiting from these revolutions it's people right
international investors have pulled out and sold their assets the safest decision in a repartee deteriorating environment for the foreseeable future it looks like egypt will have a government that again is unable to as to policy and as a result unable to provide investors with the confidence that they were going to begin to sing it but here in tokyo square protesters are not sorry the western giants on leaving just most how much i want that i wore a helmet this car leasing businessmen tells us...
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if you care about the environment am a fundamentally, you have to care about workers rights and women's rights and you have to see that unless we are together, the labor movement, if they are in -- if they are not in office, forget addressing climate change, forget all of those things. the first thing that can bring us together is that while we have differences and while there are real policy debates, the underlying balance of power we need for people's voices to be heard, from those who want to profit to make sure they make more money than the workers, we have to change the balance of power. there's a set of leaders and organizers that realize it is not about ec, it is about being on the ground and shifting the balance of power that is number one. number two, these folks are amazing and easy to work with. fundamentally, if you believe the balance of power, if you get the history we are a part of in working to actually fill the promise of having a democracy in this country and that our change depends on it, it all flows from there. >> one thing that is exciting is that this is going on
if you care about the environment am a fundamentally, you have to care about workers rights and women's rights and you have to see that unless we are together, the labor movement, if they are in -- if they are not in office, forget addressing climate change, forget all of those things. the first thing that can bring us together is that while we have differences and while there are real policy debates, the underlying balance of power we need for people's voices to be heard, from those who want...
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it would seem in this budget environment that's not a wise decision. >> reporter: we dug deeper and found other agencies getting bonus papers in recent years too, including the border patrol, va and irs despite the recent controversy says. they say they've reduced the bonus pay in recent years but gave out hundreds of thousands of dollars worth in the past year alone. ktvu channel 2 news. >> congressional staffers tell us a final decision is still a few weeks away. we'll keep you posted. >>> the u.s. house passed a highly contested farm bill that does not include funding for food stamps. >> the bill is passed. >> for decades, congress has paired funding for food stamps with farm programs. the the bill approved today separates the two. republicans say they do plan to fund food stamps but not as part of the farm bill and not at the current level. democrats call this move shameful. >> people in rural america really need us to pass this legislation. you're taking food out of america. for some reason -- sometimes you have to have reform. sometimes you have to do things differently. >> presiden
it would seem in this budget environment that's not a wise decision. >> reporter: we dug deeper and found other agencies getting bonus papers in recent years too, including the border patrol, va and irs despite the recent controversy says. they say they've reduced the bonus pay in recent years but gave out hundreds of thousands of dollars worth in the past year alone. ktvu channel 2 news. >> congressional staffers tell us a final decision is still a few weeks away. we'll keep you...
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. >> the number one threat to the environment in california is marijuana growers. the habitat destruction. >> reporter: repairing the environmental damage could take years. robert honda, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> california is poised to make a major shift in how it executes prisoners. state officials let a deadline pass without filing an appeal of a ruling that prohibits the use of the three drug cocktail used in executions. right now, there are more than 700 inmates on death row in san quentin. the last execution there was in 2006. but after that, a judge ruled that the use of the three drugs amounted to cruel and unusual punishment, because one of the drugs could potentially cause excruciating pain. >>> this is day three of a hunger strike in california prisons. right now, california inmates can be held in isolation indefinitely. the protesters are seeking a five year limit to solitaire confinement. prison officials told ktvu tonight, the number of inmates taking part in that hunger strike has now dropped to roughly 29,000 prisoners. >>> this was a solemn day in
. >> the number one threat to the environment in california is marijuana growers. the habitat destruction. >> reporter: repairing the environmental damage could take years. robert honda, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> california is poised to make a major shift in how it executes prisoners. state officials let a deadline pass without filing an appeal of a ruling that prohibits the use of the three drug cocktail used in executions. right now, there are more than 700 inmates on...
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tight regulations on genetically modified food with the country's environment secretary saying g.m. farming is actual of the alternatives but despite government ministers apparent enthusiasm for by attack parliament's cafeterias have banned g.m. products from their menus now g.m. products are usually associated with staple crops like corn and rice but can find their way into many items ranging from need to milk and chocolate around ninety percent of all biotech seeds are owned by the u.s. giant mint santo which is accused of stifling small businesses and driving some farmers to ruin and even suicide meanwhile the alarms being raised over the health implications of genetically doctored food ranging from simple allergies to deadly immune system problems are just bully boy who investigates. it's controversial but britain's environment secretary says that the public should embrace genetically modified food is a hard sell the campaign is say it's dangerous to human health whereas the scientific community supports the technology and if it is a safe as they and the government assure it is
tight regulations on genetically modified food with the country's environment secretary saying g.m. farming is actual of the alternatives but despite government ministers apparent enthusiasm for by attack parliament's cafeterias have banned g.m. products from their menus now g.m. products are usually associated with staple crops like corn and rice but can find their way into many items ranging from need to milk and chocolate around ninety percent of all biotech seeds are owned by the u.s. giant...
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the foundation that teamwork that reliance and fellowship that you get from being in this kind of an environment. >> redskins training camp from july 25th to august 26th. over on the hardwood the wizards started mini camp at the verizon center and signed porter and glen rice jr. their summer league game takes place this saturday. >> glen rice seems like he was playing last year. i know it's his son but man. >> thank you. we'll be right back. >>> quick check? clouds and some showers helped us today. i can't see us being as lucky tomorrow. we're expecting more showers and storms to move through. there's a 30% chance. again that heat, 90 for a high temperature tomorrow, 93 on wednesday. cooler by the end of the week. >> heat wave coming back. thank you. >> "nightly news" coming up next. >> we hope moment of impact. why did a 777 passenger jet crash barely on runway in san francisco? tonight, what investigators are zeroing in on, the tremendous number of passengers who got out, and what first responders found upon arrival. the first video of what it's like inside. >>> runaway train. the disaster unf
the foundation that teamwork that reliance and fellowship that you get from being in this kind of an environment. >> redskins training camp from july 25th to august 26th. over on the hardwood the wizards started mini camp at the verizon center and signed porter and glen rice jr. their summer league game takes place this saturday. >> glen rice seems like he was playing last year. i know it's his son but man. >> thank you. we'll be right back. >>> quick check? clouds...
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as an environment putin doesn't really want this to become a major issue between the united states and russia tensions between the two countries great at the moment and i think this is an issue that both countries could do without now both presidents barack obama and vladimir putin did have a phone conversation late on friday the exact details of what was discussed is unknown but i think it's fair to say that russia will be keen to maybe try and score some simple points over the united states but this doesn't become too much of a thorny issue between the two. i mean while there was a blow as meeting with human rights activists has caused yet another outburst of criticism from washington which directly demands that snowden be handed over these guys nature can reports. the white house has basically accused russia of providing quote a propaganda platform for edward snowden this is washington's reaction to edward snowden's meeting with russian human rights activists at the moscow airport take a listen i would simply say that providing a propaganda platform for mr snowden runs counter to th
as an environment putin doesn't really want this to become a major issue between the united states and russia tensions between the two countries great at the moment and i think this is an issue that both countries could do without now both presidents barack obama and vladimir putin did have a phone conversation late on friday the exact details of what was discussed is unknown but i think it's fair to say that russia will be keen to maybe try and score some simple points over the united states...
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that's an achievement of the environment we're working in today. what i find impressive of the bill and what's been done by the chairman is the bill sets some very good priorities. in fact, there's $2 billion for navigation projects and studies to advance american competitiveness and our ability to export which is critical for growth in this u.s. economy. it includes $1 billion of appropriation from the harbor maintenance trust fund. this is a record level. this is $200 million more than what we saw in fiscal year 2013. something that's absolutely critical because we know that our federal ports, our harbors is essential if we're going to be able to ship goods overseas. getting a dredging fund is absolutely necessary because we lose economic efficiency. in fact, on the mississippi river, every time we lose a foot of draft, it's about $1 million per ship per day in lost economic activity. if we're going to get this economy growing, create value, create jobs we have to export. and to export we need waterways that allows us to do that. according to the
that's an achievement of the environment we're working in today. what i find impressive of the bill and what's been done by the chairman is the bill sets some very good priorities. in fact, there's $2 billion for navigation projects and studies to advance american competitiveness and our ability to export which is critical for growth in this u.s. economy. it includes $1 billion of appropriation from the harbor maintenance trust fund. this is a record level. this is $200 million more than what...
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so the creation of environment for the investment is also one of our national priorities. currently, the climate for investment according to international ratings isn't among the top 20, i would say, but i wish we have a chance to get in the same kind of format in five years. i bet we will be in the 20. we are working hard on creating conditions in russia that would be considered by other outside investors as good as in 20 best countries in the world. but even today i think our investment climate is very much underrated, and we are doing much better than some of late. at the same time, also when it comes to russian economy we have enjoyed previous -- [inaudible] fiscal environment. we have accumulated significant reserves. we have two funds, one sovereign fund which is about 40 -- $84 billion and another reserve fund that is another $80-miss -- $80-plus billion. and the national reserves are 500 plus billion dollars as well. we are almost debt-free country because our external debt is no more than 2.5% and including internal debt is around 10, 11%. if you compare it with t
so the creation of environment for the investment is also one of our national priorities. currently, the climate for investment according to international ratings isn't among the top 20, i would say, but i wish we have a chance to get in the same kind of format in five years. i bet we will be in the 20. we are working hard on creating conditions in russia that would be considered by other outside investors as good as in 20 best countries in the world. but even today i think our investment...
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i certainly share your concern about the internal mcleary environment in russia. as i said at the outset i agree with you as well that wherever we can as we try to do we have to try to work with russian our common interests and we have had success in that regard particularly on foreign-policy issues that we share. with regard to our support for democratic change and reform for those speaking out for a pluralistic society we have to despise the environment continue to work with the russians who are willing to work with us. we are not able to support them as fully and we still need to make support available in other ways and i will if confirmed he eager to work with all of you on the committee to look for more ways to do that. in addition we have to speak out as you said and as i said in my opening when we disagree and we have to work more intensively and more cohesively with our european allies and partners because when we speak together our concerns are even stronger. see let me ask you one question about the trade agreement. how worried are you about the ability
i certainly share your concern about the internal mcleary environment in russia. as i said at the outset i agree with you as well that wherever we can as we try to do we have to try to work with russian our common interests and we have had success in that regard particularly on foreign-policy issues that we share. with regard to our support for democratic change and reform for those speaking out for a pluralistic society we have to despise the environment continue to work with the russians who...
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it is a different environment. it was famously said the chief job of the president is to persuade people. it is a lot harder to persuade people today than it was in richard nixon's time. that is one reason why nixon seems obsessed with the media and what they are saying about him. he knows how powerful an instrument they are for public office. host: our guest is richard norton smith. we're looking at the nixon tapes 40 years after they become became public knowledge. we're airing these on c-span radio during the month of july. you can listen to the recordings anytime online at c-span.org. the next call is from california on the independent line. caller: i have a question regarding -- when president johnson was in the white house, i think he was talking to senator dirksen. president johnson knew nixon's people were messing with the vietnam war promising to get out of the war. if johnson would have brought that up, the think it would be possible nixon would never have been president? host: appreciate the call. this i
it is a different environment. it was famously said the chief job of the president is to persuade people. it is a lot harder to persuade people today than it was in richard nixon's time. that is one reason why nixon seems obsessed with the media and what they are saying about him. he knows how powerful an instrument they are for public office. host: our guest is richard norton smith. we're looking at the nixon tapes 40 years after they become became public knowledge. we're airing these on...
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. >> as you can imagine it's a very dynamic environment dealing with the rescue and trying to rescue 300 victims. >> reporter: autopsies on the two victims are still pending. it could be several weeks before we know what caused the 16-year-old's death. the crash itself, the fire truck or both. reporting live in san francisco, melanie woodrow, anne-marie, back to you. >> melanie, thank you. >>> tropical storm chantal is on the move. it's expected to hit the lesser antilles today. winds are at 50 miles per hour. cbs meteorologist david bernard takes a look at where the storm is headed. >> i think we should begin looking at the computer models for chantal. that will give us an idea where it's heading in the next 24 hours. the next stop will be haiti and the dominican republic. that will be on wednesday. now, if the storm survives moving over the big portion of those islands, perhaps even cuba, near saturday, the storm could be south florida or further east over the bahamas, we have two sets of models indicating that. it's too soon to say which one will be correct. in the meantime, chant
. >> as you can imagine it's a very dynamic environment dealing with the rescue and trying to rescue 300 victims. >> reporter: autopsies on the two victims are still pending. it could be several weeks before we know what caused the 16-year-old's death. the crash itself, the fire truck or both. reporting live in san francisco, melanie woodrow, anne-marie, back to you. >> melanie, thank you. >>> tropical storm chantal is on the move. it's expected to hit the lesser...
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you have to clean up the environment a little bit. when you took them all over there, they are pay and $1 per day compared to a couple dollars per hour compared to what ever they were making over here in the united states. u.s. companies went overseas and now it is like we might bring them back. in thedquarters is united states. the only people benefiting from this seems to be the government. are pretty much scot-free from the destruction of the building that collapsed with the walmart workers. you have another one that just collapsed or caught fire a couple of months ago. and the chinese people are probably the only people making out on this are the government and the people headquartered in the united states. guest: thank you for your call. the calller had done a number of issues that have been controversial. one reason u.s. companies have gone to china and set up there is the chinese economy is growing much faster. estimated to grow at at least triple the rate for the next several years. if u.s. companies want to be competitive aga
you have to clean up the environment a little bit. when you took them all over there, they are pay and $1 per day compared to a couple dollars per hour compared to what ever they were making over here in the united states. u.s. companies went overseas and now it is like we might bring them back. in thedquarters is united states. the only people benefiting from this seems to be the government. are pretty much scot-free from the destruction of the building that collapsed with the walmart workers....
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but morsi also created a hostile environment. one of his key clerics during easter called upon muslims not to say happy easter to their christian neighbors cause that would be un-islamic. so under morsi, christians suffered and they've been leaving the country in droves ever since. >> and still are. >> and still are. >> kate seelye of the middle east institute. many thanks to you. >> thank you so much. >>> in other news, in syria, fighting continued this week despite calls from the united nations for a cease-fire during ramadan. the u.n. and other international aid groups say civilians in syria are facing extremely severe shortages of food, water and medicine. >>> at the vatican this week, pope francis updated vatican city laws related to child sexual abuse and to the leaking of vatican information. the laws apply to all vatican employees. pope francis increased the prison sentences for sexual abuse and added one for possession of child pornography. and for the first time, he made leaking confidential vatican information a crime.
but morsi also created a hostile environment. one of his key clerics during easter called upon muslims not to say happy easter to their christian neighbors cause that would be un-islamic. so under morsi, christians suffered and they've been leaving the country in droves ever since. >> and still are. >> and still are. >> kate seelye of the middle east institute. many thanks to you. >> thank you so much. >>> in other news, in syria, fighting continued this week...
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or. >> deride a stable international environment. it is economical and you can't think about that without getting involved. they should build a new type of relationship between the great powers, the major powers. you should show the world that the emergence doesn't necessarily where chaos and so on. and very interested in this trying to build it and that's why the american politicians get a great welcome even the ones so friendly. >> there is a member of senior security officials including the length uniforms. it's really interesting and one of the things that came through this strategic mistrust. for example in iraq and afghanistan a large number of american troops have been killed accidentally hit in the u.k. and nobody accept them thinks this is on purpose or the reason for a crisis between the u.s. and england that they said that anything between the u.s. and china notably the embassy balkan was taken as having been purposeful and it is accepted. what do you think are the main grounds for the chinese strategic mistrust for us and
or. >> deride a stable international environment. it is economical and you can't think about that without getting involved. they should build a new type of relationship between the great powers, the major powers. you should show the world that the emergence doesn't necessarily where chaos and so on. and very interested in this trying to build it and that's why the american politicians get a great welcome even the ones so friendly. >> there is a member of senior security officials...
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what's the environment like? how do they ask for questions? those sorts of things. >> as far as the environment in there -- >> it's tiny. >> we can kind of estimate or guess because we're not in there with them. there's nobody supervising them. they control their own little world with their foreperson. sometimes it's very smooth and sometimes the disagreements are worked over and sometimes they're not. they knock on the door or some courthouses have a buzzer to indicate to the bailiff. >> standing outside the door. >> guarding them. >> the bailiff will open the door. they're not allowed to ask him a question. they will fold it over to the bailiff who will take it to the judge and the judge must consult with the lawyers before answering any questions. >> which we saw yesterday. >> they will say this is the question. how do you want me to respond? she'll tell them how she will respond and bring them out and respond. if it's a question of law she'll clarify it. if it's a question of fact, she will say that's for them to decide. >> i believe that
what's the environment like? how do they ask for questions? those sorts of things. >> as far as the environment in there -- >> it's tiny. >> we can kind of estimate or guess because we're not in there with them. there's nobody supervising them. they control their own little world with their foreperson. sometimes it's very smooth and sometimes the disagreements are worked over and sometimes they're not. they knock on the door or some courthouses have a buzzer to indicate to the...
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it's a rest day for man and fwod's environment is rest day for the earth. host: steven, thanks for your call. remember the question posted his morning, facebook.com/ cspan. we'll continue about the economy. we're going to hear from the economics correspondent for reuters. we'll look ago the jobs figures and more broadly at the economy. later on, shane goldmacher, the congressional correspondent for national journal. his recent story looks at how some members of congress draw government pensions for previous work in addition to their congressional salaries, a practice known as double dipping. as fit tv and american history tv continue our tour of american cities, this weekend will foe tour bakersfield, california, all weekend long much it's located about 80 miles north of coming up today on book tv, we'll show you all of our programming we gather there, including a look at the story of african-americans who migrated to rural california during the dust bowl years. >> as part of this migration of blacks who did something that no blacks in america -- kind of we
it's a rest day for man and fwod's environment is rest day for the earth. host: steven, thanks for your call. remember the question posted his morning, facebook.com/ cspan. we'll continue about the economy. we're going to hear from the economics correspondent for reuters. we'll look ago the jobs figures and more broadly at the economy. later on, shane goldmacher, the congressional correspondent for national journal. his recent story looks at how some members of congress draw government pensions...
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airplanes, they're going to mount those things and reconstruct that digitally very quickly in a simulator environment. you'll be able to sit there and ride through that and okay, now i get t the report won't be out for six months to a year. they'll know very quickly what happened because that wreckage is in remarkably good condition. >> of course, i should caution everybody. we don't know if it's may canning cal problem oamechanica. there was a united aircraft on the ground with a seat. >> there was a flight, i believe a united flight holding short for runway 28 left to take off as soon as the incident aircraft had landed and cleared the runway. then that flight would have been cleared onto the runway and cleared for takeoff. he would have used that runway. so instead, he was sitting there right in the hold short when flight 214 came down. >> they're watching. i mean, is the conversation of the two pilots or three pilots, whoever is in that united flight as they're watching this asiana flight come in? will that be recorded as well? >> oh, yeah. >> that's eyewitness testimony or eyewitness observation
airplanes, they're going to mount those things and reconstruct that digitally very quickly in a simulator environment. you'll be able to sit there and ride through that and okay, now i get t the report won't be out for six months to a year. they'll know very quickly what happened because that wreckage is in remarkably good condition. >> of course, i should caution everybody. we don't know if it's may canning cal problem oamechanica. there was a united aircraft on the ground with a seat....
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we have spent upwards of $20 billion drilling a tunnel at yucca mountain, studying the geology, the environment, my understanding is that the tunnel is completed. in 2010, unilaterally, the obama administration decided to shut the project down and it's debatable whether it was done legally or not. the bill coming out of the appropriations subcommittee, all it does is allocate money that has already been collected to go ahead and finish the site review at yucca mountain to determine whether it is, in fact, a safe place to store high-level nuclear waste. ep in mind, we have over 100 operating nuclear operators around the country today and the waste they generated is stored on site. stored on site. there's good security. most of it is stored in what are called wet pools. almost everybody agrees that it's not a long-term solution. and i think the congress on a bipartisan basis can agree that we ought to go ahead and finish the review of the yucca mountain site, $25 million does it. it has allocated funding in the bill to help the local government entities out there. let's finally put this thing to
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it can give consumers a choice and protect the environment. >> debbie i want to go to tyson for context about this. we have a situation where solar is plummeting, and utilities get to control where they're sourcing their power, right? >> right. in addition to that, if you're -- in the utility business, your job is to sell electricity to homes and businesses. the last thing you want is for homes and businesses to become independent power generators by putting solar panels on their roofs. so southern company, it's in their financial interest to block efforts to make buildings and individuals and businesses energy independent. but we need to, the technology is there, and even if a household can't afford to buy expensive solar panels, there are so many companies out there where you can lease the panels. >> no upfront costs. >> and it's cheaper on your utility. >> i want to hammer this home, debbie, i think it's key to your objection. our power that we plug into is centralized in this country. centralized utility. and it means the political power is centralized utilities. the radical promise
it can give consumers a choice and protect the environment. >> debbie i want to go to tyson for context about this. we have a situation where solar is plummeting, and utilities get to control where they're sourcing their power, right? >> right. in addition to that, if you're -- in the utility business, your job is to sell electricity to homes and businesses. the last thing you want is for homes and businesses to become independent power generators by putting solar panels on their...
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the current threat environment around the world is very real and should not be underestimated. a robust nuclear arsenal is critical in deterring emerging threats like iran and north korea. my amendment simply ensuring that -- ensures that none of the funds appropriated by this act may be qused to further reduce nuclear force reductions outside of the formal process established under existing law. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yield back. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? >> i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. frelinghuysen: i support the gentleman's amendment and salute his leadership in this area, both in this congress and the past congresses and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlelady from ohio rise? ms. kaptur: i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for phi minute -- for five minutes. ms. kaptur: i rise in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. first of all, it is unnecessary because
the current threat environment around the world is very real and should not be underestimated. a robust nuclear arsenal is critical in deterring emerging threats like iran and north korea. my amendment simply ensuring that -- ensures that none of the funds appropriated by this act may be qused to further reduce nuclear force reductions outside of the formal process established under existing law. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yield back. for what purpose does the gentleman from new...
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it is a partnership that is all about growth and improving the agricultural environment in both the u.s. and commie -- china. they expect to help meet the growing demand for pork in china by exporting high quality pork products from the u.s.. this means increased capacity for u.s. producers. more jobs in processing and more exports for the u.s. economy. at the same time, we will continue to supply our same high quality renowned products to u.s. consumers as well as other markets around the world. in short, this partnership for growth is good for our business and for the producers and the suppliers with whom we work. the reaction from the u.s. agriculture community is overwhelmingly positive. from michigan, indiana, north carolina pork producers association, the north american meat association, industry leaders, and numerous individual producers have expressed support for this transaction. growth is also very good for smithfields' employees and our communities. we have a saying, it will be the same old smithfield only better. let me be clear. retaining the management team, its plant, and
it is a partnership that is all about growth and improving the agricultural environment in both the u.s. and commie -- china. they expect to help meet the growing demand for pork in china by exporting high quality pork products from the u.s.. this means increased capacity for u.s. producers. more jobs in processing and more exports for the u.s. economy. at the same time, we will continue to supply our same high quality renowned products to u.s. consumers as well as other markets around the...
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some of these operational environments are less amenable than others, others have become sites of revival and resuscitation, such as iraq and west africa. al qaeda has been able to achieve the unthinkable. radicalizing persons who are citizens of the united states and canada and inspiring and motivating them to engage in terrorist acts, whether on their own or at the direction of senior leadership. the continuing challenge the united states will face is that al qaeda's court ideology remains attractive to a hard- core radical and is capable of drawing new enhance -- into its ranks. the latest recruits to the struggle are the tsarnaev brothers. the violence inflicted on muslims in general has been cited by many homegrown terrorists as the salient motivating factor in their politicization. this may also explain why the american invasions of iraq and afghanistan were cited as the reasons behind the bombing at the boston marathon. there is no one path to radicalization. individuals will always be attracted to violence in different ways. they come from every walk of life. the common element in
some of these operational environments are less amenable than others, others have become sites of revival and resuscitation, such as iraq and west africa. al qaeda has been able to achieve the unthinkable. radicalizing persons who are citizens of the united states and canada and inspiring and motivating them to engage in terrorist acts, whether on their own or at the direction of senior leadership. the continuing challenge the united states will face is that al qaeda's court ideology remains...